MODIFICATION
A -- Defense Sciences Research and Technology
- Notice Date
- 3/10/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- BAA05-19
- Response Due
- 2/7/2006
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2006
- Point of Contact
- Brett Giroir, Deputy Director, DSO, Phone (571) 218-4224, Fax (571) 218-4553,
- E-Mail Address
-
bgiroir@darpa.mil
- Description
- WAVEFORMS FOR ACTIVE SENSING, SOL BAA05-19, Addendum 3, DUE: 4/25/05, 400pm ET, POC: Douglas Cochran, DARPA/DSO, Ph: (703) 696-2287. Email: baa05-19@darpa.mil, URL: www.darpa.mil/dso. Website Submission: http://www.sainc.com/dso0519/ DESCRIPTION The Defense Sciences Office is soliciting innovative proposals to develop waveform design and scheduling methodologies for active sensing systems. Recent technological advances have enabled marked increases in radio-frequency (RF), optical, and acoustic transmitter agility. The goal of this initiative is development of new waveform and waveform family designs, scheduling techniques, and design tools, based upon rigorous mathematical foundations, to exploit this agility in applications of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD). Of particular interest are approaches that simultaneously utilize agility at the transmitter and adaptivity of receiver processing to fully exercise the: temporal, spatial, and spectral degrees of freedom entailed in modern and emerging DoD sensing applications. This program is anticipated to be executed in two phases. Phase I is expected to run for 15 months and will emphasize mathematical development of new approaches with validation through simulation and possibly laboratory demonstrations. Phase II is planned to run for 21 months and will entail refinement of the techniques developed in Phase I in conjunction with validation and demonstration in DoD-relevant testbed applications. Proposals should address both program phases and should budget Phase II as an option. Full proposals only are being accepted with the technical proposals being no more than twenty (20) pages, including cover sheet information and references. No addenda (e.g., reprints of published papers or technical reports) beyond the 20-page limit will be considered in the evaluation process. Proposals must contain the following elements: (1) Explicit description of one or more DoD-relevant application scenarios around which the project will be focused; (2) Precise quantification of the performance improvements sought via exploitation of waveform agility in the context of the focus application or applications; (3) Concise enumeration of the research challenges entailed in attaining the desired performance improvements sought, the approaches to be used to address these challenges; and (4) Plans for measuring the performance of the new techniques in simulation, laboratory, and testbed environments. One or more specific, quantitative milestones against which performance of the techniques developed will be benchmarked before the end of Phase I must be explicitly stated in the proposal. Similar milestones for the end of Phase II are also of interest, but these may be modified prior to the selection point for exercise of Phase II options based on insights gained in Phase I research. Successful proposals will aim at achieving significant, quantifiable improvement over current sensing capabilities and will set forth integrated projects, including personnel and facilities, that comprehensively span basic mathematical development through testbed demonstration. Teaming of academic and industrial performers as well as partnership with DoD laboratories and other capable testbed demonstration facilities are encouraged to facilitate the proposal of integrated projects. Letters from DoD or other Government laboratories indicating interest in partnership in the proposed project, particularly in validation and demonstration aspects, may be appended to the proposal and will not count against the 20-page limit. Full proposals are due no later than 4:00 pm ET, April 25, 2005. Proposals submitted after this time may not be considered. Please put the phrase “Waveforms for Active Sensing” in the title of the proposal to ensure proper routing. For details on proposal format and other aspects of full proposal submission, please see original FEDBIZOPS solicitation, BAA05-19, the text of which is available at http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/solicit.htm. To facilitate the submission process, a website has been established, http://www.sainc.com/dso0519/. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (10-MAR-2005); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA05-19/listing.html)
- Record
- SN00766404-F 20050312/050310213611 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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